Meanings
plural Blanchards
- countableuncountableA surname from French; variant form Blanshard.
That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to [Ray] Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia.
2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC - A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Bonner County, Idaho.
- countableuncountableA minor city in Page County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableA town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- countableuncountableAn unorganized territory in Piscataquis County, Maine.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rolland Township, Isabella County, Michigan.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Atchison County, Missouri, next to Blanchard, Iowa, and also known as South Blanchard.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Traill County, North Dakota.
- countableuncountableA township in Hancock County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Hardin County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA township in Putnam County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA city in McClain County and Grady County, Oklahoma.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and coal town in West Deer Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Liberty Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
Origin
- FrenchBlanchard
- EnglishBlanchard
Borrowed from French Blanchard.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Blanchard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard
“Blanchard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blanchard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blanchard.
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